Local Zambia updates, community incidents, police news, court stories, and city developments.
Local Zambia updates, community incidents, police news, court stories, and city developments.
By Katoka Mweenda Watching a baby girl bleed from a bullet fired by the police—simply because she wanted to see Brian Mundubile—broke my heart. Seeing women bleeding from United Party for National Development (UPND) cadre violence makes me question who is truly in control of this…
Audio article Listen to this story Share Send this story POLICE in Lusaka have detained a Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) journalist connection with an alleged cyber offence involving the recording and publication of a private conversation. Zambia Police Service…
A three-year-old boy has died after a house caught fire in Lusaka’s Kalikiliki Compound, despite his mother’s desperate efforts to save him. Police spokesperson Godfrey Chilabi identified the deceased as Tumelo Simangolwa, who lost his life after the family home was engulfed in…
The Ministry of Information and Media says the Zambia Police Service was never informed that the National Revolution Party-UP (NRP-UP) intended to conduct a roadshow in Kalingalinga and Mtendere. Speaking during a media briefing, Ministry Permanent Secretary Thabo Kawana said the…
The Magistrate Court in Kasama has sentenced a 31-year-old man of Kasama District to 12 months imprisonment for trafficking in drugs. Before Senior Magistrate Willie Banda was Charles Kabwe who pleaded guilty to trafficking in drugs. This was in a case that came up for…
Zambia Rugby Union [ZRU] Vice President Jeremiah Manda says the future of rugby in the country depends on grassroots development through schools tournaments. Speaking during the two-day Sothylingam Super 7’s tournament at Lechwe School in Kitwe, Manda commended the school…
Audio article Listen to this story Share Send this story THREE people are nursing serious injuries after a government ambulance they were traveling in veered off the road and crashed into a street pole and billboard near Mashlands along Great East Road. Zambia Police Service…
CHOMBA MUSIKA, CHAMBO NG’UNI Lusaka, Kabwe PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has declared five days of national mourning in honour of former Vice-President Guy Scott, whose death at the age of 82 has triggered an outpouring of tributes from across Zambia and the southern African regio
GOVERNMENT has started distributing the K10 million that President Hakainde Hichilema gave to the 2,300 traders who lost their goods in an inferno at Chiwempala market. Fire swept through the market in November last year, leaving assorted goods worth millions of Kwacha destroyed.
A girl from Mtendere Compound sustained injuries after being struck by a pellet from a tear gas canister during a police crowd control operation following an opposition National Reconciliation Party for Unity and Prosperity (NRPUP) campaign roadshow in Lusaka. The incident…
